Sicilian Sveshnikov, Part 1 – GM Suat Atalik (iChess Club)

This opening has been increasing in popularity in recent years and featured in the World Chess Championship match between Magnus Carlsen and Fabiano Caruana in 2018.

At the top level of chess, it is an opening that has been deployed by players including Vladimir Kramnik, Veselin Topalov, Teimour Radjabov, Boris Gelfand, Michael Adams, and many others.

The Sveshnikov has been established as a first-rate defense for Black, but Black must know what he is doing, as there are some lines that can give him trouble if he is not attentive. In this exclusive iChess Club video, GM Suat Atalik introduces you to this opening by looking at the theory and explaining the typical ideas and plans behind it.

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